Plasmodium bouillize

Plasmodium bouillize is a parasite of the genus Plasmodium subgenus Vinckeia.

Like all Plasmodium species P. bouillize has both vertebrate and insect hosts. The vertebrate hosts for this parasite are mammals.

Plasmodium bouillize
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Protista
Phylum: Apicomplexa
Class: Aconoidasida
Order: Haemosporida
Family: Plasmodiidae
Genus: Plasmodium
Species: P. bouillize
Binomial name
Plasmodium bouillize

Description

The parasite was first described by Ledger in 1922.

Clinical features and host pathology

The only known host for this species is the monkey Cercopithecus campbelli

References


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